When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.

The couple have not got a television, because     .

      A. they are not rich enough         

       B. they are strange people

      C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

      D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

Both of them are interested in     .

       A. learning languages  B. traveling 

       C. staying home alone                D. watching people play games

At night when there is no electricity, the couple       .

       A. have to stare at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence

       C. will have many visitors  D. have to go out for candles

The best title for this passage is _____.

       A. Why Do We Need a Television?      B. Candle! But No Electricity!

       C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.  D. We Go Without Televisions!

Mr. Black,

We're very gladly to have received your money and some reading materials. Thank you very much. We had been studying hard since we came back to school. Under the help of our teachers and classmates, we have made great progresses in our studies. So we often praised and encouraged by our teachers and parents. We have made up our minds to study hard than before to learn every subject good in order to be admitted to key universities in the future.We're looking forward to see you, but we have no chance to go to the Hangzhou ourselves. So we hope you can post us a photo of yours soon.

Best wishes,

Yours,

根據(jù)下列句子及所給的漢語注釋，在句子右邊的橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式（每空只寫一詞）
【小題1】The silly man said he would _____ (餓)to death rather than beg for food.     ___________
【小題2】If you want to keep healthy, you must have a _________(平衡的) diet.       ___________
【小題3】It was Isaac Newton who discovered ________ (萬有引力).               ___________              
【小題4】I have never seen such a ________(猛烈的) storm..                     ___________
【小題5】It is convenient to go shopping, for there is a supermarket_______(附近).    ____________
【小題6】He _______(設法) to keep his temper, though he was angry.              ____________                                              
【小題7】_______(不像) her brother, she works hard at her lessons.                ____________          
【小題8】 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the __(小說) written by Marktwain.____________                                                                                    
【小題9】In autumn, we often see the fallen leaves __ ( 漂浮) on the surface of the lake.___________
【小題10】By whose ____(允許) did you enter these gardens?..                     ___________

We convey (傳達) information through the position and movement of the body. We often use gestures or body movements to stress what we are saying. For example, when I lecture (演講), I often use my hands to emphasize (強調) points or point to something on the blackboard. Some people use them more than others. The victory (勝利) sign, the OK sign, the goodbye wave and the blowing of a kiss are all popular gestures in America. It is important to recognize, however, that most gestures are not universally recognized. For example, although the OK gesture means acceptance in America, it has other meanings in other cultures. In France it means worthlessness. And in Greece, it is considered obscene (淫穢).

     There are some sex differences in nonverbal behavior. In American culture, men tend to sit or stand with legs apart and hands outward, while women tend to keep legs together and hands at their sides. Women are also better than men at understanding nonverbal gestures.

     A nonverbal behaviour is to have the tongue just slightly protruding (突出) from the mouth. A study showed that people were less willing to approach others who had their tongues showing. Perhaps this is why people often tend to avoid individuals with bad nonverbal behaviours. When we make decisions about other people, we learn to recognize nonverbal cues (提示) and interpret (理解) them along with verbal information. 

36. From the passage we can know that ________.

A. body language in America is more popular than in other countries

B. the deferent cultures share the same body languages

C. the same gestures in deferent cultures may have the deferent meanings

D. body language is more important than words

37. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Women’s body language is easier to understand.

B. Women have a better understanding of body language than men.

C. In American culture, men care more about their gestures than women.

D. In American culture, men and women always employ the deferent gestures.

38. It may be concluded from this passage that ________.

A. body language can completely replace words

B. different cultures share different nonverbal behaviours

C. body language sounds louder than verbal information

D. body language can be helpful for us to communicate with each other

單詞拼寫  （共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

  根據(jù)句意填入適當形式的詞，首字母或中文已給出。 

_ If you go to New York, you can enjoy the beauty of the S______ of Liberty by yourself.

_ While traveling, we often find many r_________ paintings on the walls of temples.

_The first living ______________(生物) sent into space was a dog named Laika.

_. Both sides are trying to find a peaceful s___________ to the nuclear problem.

_ Look! The excellent dancer is dancing ______________(優(yōu)雅地) on the stage.

_The world-famous artist’s works are on _______________(展覽) here.

_ He worked so hard that e_______________ he made himself ill.

_ It was our ____________ (祖先) who invented the paper-making, the compass and so on.

_ They give 10% d________________ for cash payment.

_ At the crossing of the street you can find the ____________ (農業(yè)的) Bank of China.